Katchatheevu is an islet in the Palk Strait, roughly between Jaffna in Sri Lanka and Rameswaram in India. In 1974, when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister, India ceded the island to Sri Lanka.

Katchatheevu is an islet in the Palk Strait, roughly between Jaffna in Sri Lanka and Rameswaram in India. Since 1921, talks had been held between authorities of both the countries on rights ...

The contentious issue of Katchatheevu, an islet transferred to Sri Lanka during Indira Gandhi's tenure, remains a focal point in Tamil Nadu. It highlights ongoing fishermen's rights disputes, with ...

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo on Friday for a three-day visit to Sri Lanka, actor-politician and ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take immediate steps for retrieving ...

Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin announced the state's resolution to retrieve Katchatheevu from Sri Lanka, coinciding with PM Modi's upcoming visit to Sri Lanka. The Katchatheevu island issue ...

It is 33 kilometers off the coast of Rameswaram and 62 kilometers away from Jaffna , the northernmost tip of Sri Lanka.

BJP Tamil Nadu president criticizes DMK, discusses alliance with AIADMK, and condemns controversial remarks ahead of ...

Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M K Stalin accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of neglecting the state's fishermen issue, ...

Raising the matter during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Baalu said that on Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a resolution, moved by Chief Minister M K Stalin, urging the Centre to ...

Though the opposition AIADMK and BJP accused the DMK of ceding the island when their ally Congress was governing at the Centre, they backed the resolution’s demand.

Chief Minister M K Stalin told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to take immediate steps to review the Indo-Sri Lankan Agreement of 1974 ...